Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-02-09
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis Of the Proceedings Of the Senate ant
aOQs0
ELNAIE.
Senator Dutant offered the following:

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| the speakers who addressed said meeting that
the members Of the state legislature now In ses-
5ion anu that members OF the legislature OF
III their votes and actions relative to the
question OF high or low license, therefore.
Resolved, That 1t is the duty OF the senate to
full and complete investigation OF the charges
that affect our positions as public officers and
our characters as private citizens; therefore.
Resolved, That the president of the senate
appoint. a committee of five senator's, whose
duty 1t shall be to fully investigate the imputa-
tons cast upon the members of this senate.
Mr.. Comstock said be wanted the senate to
take time to think about the matter and he
gave notice of debate so the resolution could
go over till to-day He did not do that to
prevent the passage of the resolution, but
simply to give the senator's time to sleep on
1t over night
Mr. Goodrich'G bill introduced In the SEN
ate yesterday proposing q constitutional
amendment is the same as the Iowa law on
prohibition. The amendment proposed is:
No person shall manufacture for sale or shall
sell or keep for sale any intoxicating liquors
whatever, including ale, wine and beer.
MIR. Goodrich asked that the bill be sent to
the committee on temperance and 1t was so
referred.
The following bills were recommended to
pass: Goodrich, carnal knowledge of chill
dren; Keller; private banks using corporate
names: Day, admission Of pupils to public
schools; Goodrich, relating to pharmacy:
| GOOuTlCn, EelaGlug TO Inc ming OF aINuaYlUS;
Halvorson, abolishing the board of immigra-
ton; Swenson, teachers certificates from
state board of education; Gibson. relating 10
bonds; Comstock. relating to probate courts;
Oswald, providing new judge for Mime
apolis; Knox, A f., relating to Wadena
county poor; Keyes, A f., to incorporate
the village of Dundas
HoU Sc.
Mr.. Rogers offered the following reso lu-
ton which as subsequently amended;
Resolved, That the speaker or the house ap-
point at once committee OF hve to investigate
monetary or otherwise are being used to in
fuence the votes of members Of this house on
any measure now pending before this house or
likely to be broguht before it, and as to whether
detectives have been or are now employed to
watch the members of this house, with power
| TO send for persons and papers.
Amendment added by Mr.. Potter and &C
cepted:
And also If there Is any truth in the asser-
! tton that large sums of money have been raised
| for the purpose Of defeating any measure before
| this house
Mr.. Rogers then said:
rise to what deem the consideration of an
! important matter. AS is we'll known q measure
relating to high license has been before the
house. And it has been known that to some
features Of that bill certain members have been
honorably opposed.
He then referred to Sunday nights high
license mass meeting as one evidently called
to create sentiment in favor of particular
bill (the Prosser measure) He continued,
very emphatically:
This Is all well enough, but when the governor
Of this state and the attorney general presume
to appear at such meeting and to substantially
charge members of a coordinate branch Of the
state government with being bribed, say that
| it is time to call halt on this governor and
| attorney general and make them prove their
charges. If there agents of the whisky ring
on this floor to buy up members, let it be
| known. have said that there are men in this
| house who will not support this bill This
meeting was to whip in the Republicans. Now
| let us see what the governor said. l read what
purports to be fair, accurate report Of his re-
| marks.
After debate the resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
At tn republican caucus of both houses
it was voted to pass the Prosser license
bill by the following vote:
| For the Prosser Bill-Senators Bowen, Brown,
Clark. Compton, Comstock, Crandall. Daniels,
Day, Dodge, Edwards Finsetb. Halvorsen.
| Hoard, NJ. johnson, T. johnson, Sampson, Sven
son. Wallmark, Wood-l9. Against the bill:
Buchanan, Clough. Eaton-3.
Representatives-For the bill: J. A. Anderson,
| Baker, Rarker. Brown, Colby, EllinRson, Estes,
| Evenson, Fathers, HalVorson, Hanson, Hattie
stad, Hurd, Iverson, Johnson, Johnsrud, Knox,
| Kreis, Latham, Lee Mobiles, Plowman, Potter,
Pratt, Prosser. Reese. Shoemaker. snider, swart-
Against the BILL Comstock, Dunno. Elmquist,
Flynn. J: N. Jones, Lum, Mattson. Naeseth,
! Wilson-9.
SENATE,
The high license bill was the special order
Mr.. Pope offered an amendment making
the license $500 instead OF $1,000 and
$3.50 in villages,
Mr. Durant seconded Mr.. Pope's amend
ment The following was the vote:
For the Observation-Disclosures Bowen, Burk-
hardt, Chapman. Child, Durant, Gibson, Hall,
Shields, Smith, Truax, Ward, Weleh, Whiteman,
Against the Amendment-Brown, Bucknau.
DALI Daniels, Dodge. Eaton. Edwards.
Einseth Goodrich. Halyorson, Hixon.
| Sampson, Swenson, Thacker, Wallmark-24.
The galleries and Hobbies broke out into
applause rs the vote was announced, but
President Rice quickly checked it By pound
ing his desk vigorously.
Mr.. NJ Johnson then moved TO amend the
bill by making the time of taking effect
July 1, 1887. The amendment was accepted
| by Mr.. Daniels. The friends of the bill voted
for it, as it was carried, by the following vote
| For the Observation-Disclosures, Burkhardt.
| Chapman, Clough, Comstock, Crandall, Daniels,
Eaton I EDWARDS Fns9th Goodr1Sh Hall
Sampson, Smith, Swenson, Thacker Truax.
| Wallmark, Ward. Wood-25.
Against the Observation-Disclosures, Bowen.
Brown Child, Clark, Compton, Dodge, Durant,
| Gibson, HalvOrSon, Hayden, HiXon, Keller,
Linde, Nachbar, Oswald. WEIGH, Whiteman-lS.
| Mr.. Durant then moved that the bill be en-
crossed for third reading, which was
| agreed to. On motion Of Mr.. Comstock the
bill was placed at the head of the calendar
| for Friday.
The senate went into the business of
smashing fat offices yesterday with a ven
| IL, LII -, k>1Is ,ta
of oil inspector, and Mr.. Halvorson's bill
abolishing the state board of immigration
| were both passed so quickly that 1t almost
took away the breath of certain interested
parties who were watching the proceedings
The vote was largely in favor of abolishing
the offices, and not word of opposition was
raised in debate. Mr.. Willis, the newly ap-
pointed oil inspector, was an interested
spectator and when the vote was taken
went over to the house TO announce tie re-
suit to his friends there. He seems to be
confident that the bill will not pass the
house. but many of the senators say it will
go through without much opposition
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Compton-Joint resolution asking an appro-
priation from congress for the survey of the Red
river and lakes tributary thereto above Fergus
Falls
johnson, M-For the lowering of the waters Of
a certain lake in Kandiyohi county.
Pope-To bury INDECENT ex-soldiers at the ex-
peuse of the counties of the state.
Day-To provide for public school libraries
Goodrch-Relating to The carnal knowledge
Of children.
oswald-Providing a new judge for Minneap-
olis.
Keller-Private banks using corporate names.
/ Day-Admission of pupils under six years of
age to public schools.
Goodrich-To give druggists who have been in
business seven years certificates as pharmacists.
Goodrich-Relating to the flin0 of afhdavits
for purposes of evidence.
Halvorson-A polishing the board Of immigra-
ton.
Day-Joint resolution asking the immediate
REIMBURSEMENT of land grants in the state.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Removing the court house of Lac qui Parle
county to Madison.
Madelia own elections to be held In the viii
lage Of Madelia.
Changing school district In Olmsted county
70 legalize certain boundaries of q certain
school district in Sibley county.
To build bridge across the Mississippi river
at st. Cloud.
Authorizing Ortonville to issue $40, 900 water
bonds.
Relating to juries ia the county Of Ramsey:
increasing the panel SO that two or more juries
at rTY,n.